Bait bucket



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Parrott, Mason City. Iowa w ,npfiiidugn manta 10, rssa s l ia generalobject to provide a torpedo shaped end for f through thewater; said end being on aibody, the

. other end of. which'is flat so that the body may Referring to thedrawin'gs indetailit will be seen that'thenumeral 5 denotes a cylindricalg "bodyhavinga partition 6 adjacent one end; 3 Q controlled; and thereby} provision be mad'eifor' ndeiatsisff J 7 The present invention relatespt'o bait suchas' minnows and the like and hasior. its

a bucket. to allow .thesamel to be easily" moved resides in the provisionofa'device of this nature wherein it is possible'toregulate the buoyancy thereof so that the depth at which the bucket will -designed." w y 1 a.

iththe above and numerous other objects in .water'by the handle, and as before mentioned,

float is under thecontrol'ofthe user.

sides in the provisiomof a bucket of thisnature. which isexceedinglysimple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable; thoroughly efiicient and reliablein use and otherpurpose for which it is wise well adapted tovthe "view as will appear as the des'cription proceeds,

the invention consists in o'ertainlnovel' features;

, of construction, and in the combination and ar, rangement of parts as will behereinafter more radiating outwardly from the body 5 and from the chamber between the partition fi and the' pends wall land a regulating cap 9' iswmounted ture 11.

fully described and claimed. Inithe-drawings: i

Figure 1 is aside elevation of the bucket, inan uprightposition.

Figure 2 is avertical longitudinal section would be disposed inthe water.

-, Figure 3 is a'bottom plan view of. the forward a of the water from the outside of the bucket against the door will aid in, holding thedoor closed a 5 end thereof, and

Figure 4 is a.- vertical transverse section taken substantially "on the line 4+4 of Figure 2..

thereof and an end wall '7 at-said endjthereby -;forming an air chamber between the partition 6 randthe wall '7. Numeral 8 denotes "a neck thereon to control the airin the air chamber. At thefother end of the cylindrical-body: 5 is a wall -10 and fromsaid other end projects'ja cone shaped structure 11 which forms an air chamber and from which projeets'a nejck 12fso that the airmay becontrolled by valve'cap 14-.

A suitable eye bracketlstructure l5'is provided atthe apex of the cone shaped'chamber struc- The body 5 is provided with an open *ing 16 and an opening l'kthe openingsbeing .Also'by providing the air chambers with the thatlthelbuoket can be used asapail for transwithout requiring any 6X7. r i e tacleof the water as the smaller than the openingg Theropeninglfi A handle 21' is provided exteriorly'iof the f 1 5 and is locatedon the same 'side of the bodyin which is provided the opening 17, and this oi V the bucket -when= disposed I location of the handle is advantageous because when the bait bucket ispickedfrom the water the bucket will be normally balanced to the ex.-'

{tent that water running outthrough the screen willzleave the minnows 5 directly beneath. the

hinged door 19.1In this connection it will be. also noted that the screen is small" and located is that when thefbucket is picked out of the directly beneath'the'opening 1 7 where they can beeasily picked; from the bucket for use as bait dire'ctlybeneath the door, the advantage of which the water will immediately run out through the" I I screen leaving the minnowslyingon the screen it without the necessity of attempting to catch them while swimming in water. y l

Withrespect to -the spring hinge door it'is to are removed from thepail. Further the weight preventing. escape of the minnows.

aforementioned; valve controlled necks the amount or air in the chamber can be readily "at one. end thereof the" bottomof the, bucket is fiatfthus permitting the is'am'e to'be readily dis posed" and supported in an upright position, so

porting the minnows Another feature of water'when again placed in the watersubsequent to the storing of the bait within the pail.

The" screen will also serve to stop the whirling bucket is being towed beside t e boa loo;

I the inventionis in having. "thexscreenlti located at -the front of' the bucket Samantha :bucketwill be immediately filled with 9? The provision of a half ball weight, and the location of the same in the center of gravity in the bottom of the bucket will permit the bucket to follow the contour of the wave without diving andthis in turn will facilitate the handling of thebucket. f Y Y .7

Another feature of the invention is the streamline effect of the bucket so thatthe bucket will not catch weeds or other floating matter in the water,'this being assured by reason of the conical end of the bucket. The front conical end of the bucket also facilitates the filling of the bucket eliminating all drag on the boat.

It is thought that the construction, utility and, advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the-invention has i been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. '1

' It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, andin the combination and arrangement of parts maybe resorted towithout departing fromthe spirit 'or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages. I

5 opening, and a screen mesh across the smaller opening. 2. A bait bucket of the class described including acylindrical body having a wall closing one end thereof, a partition adjacent to and spaced from said wall to provide an air chamber, a partition at the other .end of the body, a conical chamber extension on said other end, valve, controlled. necks extending from the chambers, said bodyadjacent said other end being provided 'with two openings diametrically opposed one larger'than the other, a coverfor the larger opening, a screen mesh across the smaller opening, and a half-ball weight in the body and on that same side thereof in which is said smaller opening.

. WILLIAM J. ARROTT. 

